Departments
Economics
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State and local governments invited to apply for funding, support on pressing policy challenges
Selected governments will partner with MIT's J-PAL North America to test which programs work, which work best, and why.
November 15, 2016 -
Nine SHASS faculty members awarded named professorships
Honored positions afford faculty additional support for research.
November 10, 2016 -
Decoding the medical cost mystery
Providers and patients drive health care spending in roughly equal amounts, study shows.
November 3, 2016 -
New faculty in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
SHASS welcomes eight new faculty members for 2016.
November 2, 2016 -
Study: With Medicaid, ER visits remain high for two years
Acquiring health insurance does not lead to drop in emergency room usage.
October 19, 2016 -
Making a splash in health care economics
Heidi Williams builds all-new data sets to answer questions about innovation and biomedical research.
October 18, 2016 -
Economist Bengt Holmström’s Nobel Prize win delights MIT colleagues
Faculty members in SHASS and Sloan cite his transformative work on contract theory.
October 14, 2016 -
Scene at MIT: New Nobel laureate
October 12, 2016 -
Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars
Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.
October 12, 2016 -
MIT economist Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize
Holmström shares award with Oliver Hart for work on contract theory.
October 10, 2016 -
Provider, improve thyself
Study shows unlicensed health care practitioners in India improve with modest training.
October 6, 2016 -
Surrounded by questions
PhD student Nils Wernerfelt deploys the tools of economics to address his many questions about the world.
September 8, 2016 -
QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17
Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.
September 5, 2016 -
Inaugural J-PAL Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition winners announced
Four organizations will partner with J-PAL North America to evaluate substance abuse treatment, care integration, social-service delivery, and patient-engagement programs.
August 18, 2016 -
The safety trap
Lack of secure investments is hindering growth globally, research finds.
August 5, 2016 -
DUSP, CRE, and STL Lab award $1.1 million in second round of faculty research funding
Nine grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers.
July 11, 2016 -
An economist delves into charter schools
PhD student Elizabeth Setren brings data to bear on questions about local education policy.
June 21, 2016 -
Five governments selected for J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative
Selected state and local governments will receive support from J-PAL North America at MIT to improve the effectiveness of social programs.
June 20, 2016 -
Counting calories
Migrants pay more for their home region’s cuisine, even when on the edge of malnutrition.
May 4, 2016 -
3 Questions: David Autor on global trade and political polarization
Study finds relationship between U.S. job losses due to trade, and political polarization in Congress.
April 26, 2016